Folding poultry-coop.



R. TRUMPOLD & A. KOBRNBR.

FOLDING POULTRY COOP.

APPLIUATION FILED DBG. lz, 1907.

957,274. Patented May 10, 1910.

ANonEw E GRAHAM co- PnorO-UTHOGRAPNERS, wAsmNawN. R l

porting poultry or FOLDING POULTRY-COOP.

i Specification of Letters Patent. Application led December 12, 1907.Serial N o.

Patented May t0, i910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT TRUMPOLD and ALBIN KonRNER, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of St. Louis, State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Folding Poultry-Coop, of which the followingis a specification.

Our invention relates to folding poultry crates.

The object of our invention is the provision of a folding poultry crateof simple, durable, strong and inexpensive construction, having but fewparts, no loose attachment-s which will be liable to become detached,and which can be rapidly and easily extended into condition for use intransas a coop therefor, or readily folded so as to occupy but smallspace and be adapted to be kept in compact condition for re-shipment.

The invention is set forth fully hereinafter and the novel features arerecited in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a plan view of the crate whenin eX- tended condition; Fig. 2, an end elevation thereof; Fig. 3, alongitudinal section thereof; and Fig. 4, an end view of the crate whenin folded and secured condition.

The bottom, top, sides and ends are all of slatted construction, beingprovided with suitable cross cleats and bound by metal straps a. Theends are hinged in between side rails of the bottom by the pins C,permitting said ends to fold inwardly so as to lie flat upon the bottom,as shown in Fig. 4. The sides are composed of jointed or hinged sectionswhich run longitudinally of the crate, being hingedtogether and alsohinged to the side rails of the bottom and to the under surface of thetop or cover by the hinges A. This construction permits the ends to berst folded inwardly flat upon the bottom and the sides to then becollapsed inwardly to rest upon the ends, and the whole crate in itscollapsed condition, as

shown in Fig. 4, secured together by hooks B on the top which engagewith pins b on the bottom at both ends of the crate. The crate is thusheld in compact and transportable condition without danger of detachmentor looseness of the parts so that it may be readily re-shipped afteruse.

To obviate the necessity of providing a hinged door which adds to theexpense of the crate, we make one of the slats of the top removableendwise of the crate, the ends of said slat being guided between blockson the top, and said slat being held by a detachable pin D. By removingthe pin D, the slat can be slid outwardly any desired extent to permiteXit of the fowls or placing them within the crate, and hence the lattercan be used as a coop.

The ends of the top overhang to form abutment strips for the freeextremities of the ends and spring catches E provide means for lockingthe ends in position when they are raised, said catches being adaptedfor easy release from the said ends.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A folding poultry crate comprising a bottom, ends hinged to said bottomand adapted to fold inwardly thereon, a top, sides, each composed of aplurality of longitudinally extending sections hinged together andrespectively hinged to both the top and the bottom, abutment strips onthe ends of the top to prevent outward swinging of the ends when theyare raised, and spring catches carried by the top which are positionedso that they are adapted to be engaged by the ends and to lock said endswhen the latter are brought into raised position.

ROBERT TRUMPOLD. ALBIN KOERNER. Witnesses:

J. H. ToENIsKoETTnR, J. W. HEAD.

